Anotation. The article analyzes the state and features of early intervention for children with hearing impairments, identifies the stages and organizational forms of early care, the conditions of its effectiveness. The study clarified the essence of the concept of “early intervention for children with hearing impairments” as an interdisciplinary family-centered system of care for young children with hearing impairments (risks) of hearing, providing early hearing screening, audiology, hearing aids, individual support program and targeted to improve the child’s development (especially communication), improve the quality of life of the family. Given the specifics of the violation, the use of early intervention technology involves the variability of service delivery models (choice of the main means of communication, method of hearing aids, educational route). It is important to study international practice, the experience of countries with a long history and significant progress in early care for children with special educational needs.
Keywords: The article analyzes the state and features of early intervention for children with hearing impairments, identifies the stages and organizational forms of early care, the conditions of its effectiveness. The study clarified the essence of the concept of “early intervention for children with hearing impairments” as an interdisciplinary family-centered system of care for young children with hearing impairments (risks) of hearing, providing early hearing screening, audiology, hearing aids, individual support program and targeted to improve the child’s development (especially communication), improve the quality of life of the family. Given the specifics of the violation, the use of early intervention technology involves the variability of service delivery models (choice of the main means of communication, method of hearing aids, educational route). It is important to study international practice, the experience of countries with a long history and significant progress in early care for children with special educational needs.
THEORETICAL AND NORMATIVE FUNDAMENTALS OF EARLY INTERVENTION TO CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS
Svitlana Lytovchenko
Candidate of Pedagogical Science (PhD), Senior Researcher, Head of the Department of Education of Children with Hearing ImpairmentsMykola Yarmachenko Institute of Special Education and Psychology of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine)
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0001-4667